Thread by @bowker_john

Holy crap: Canada's Parliamentary Budget Officer says that under the National Housing Strategy, the Trudeau government will spend 14% LESS on Assistance for Housing Need programs over the next 10 years as compared to the previous 10 years pbo-dpb.gc.ca/web/default/fi… #cdnpoli

Trudeau's National Housing Strategy turns out to be mainly a giant handout to banks and private landlords that spends LESS on social housing and helps FEWER people in core housing need than under Harper pbo-dpb.gc.ca/web/default/fi… #cdnpoli

From the PBO report: the Ford government spent all of the additional federal housing funding on deficit reduction, and NOT new housing spending. Overall affordable housing spending in Ontario has actually DECREASED under the National Housing Strategy #cdnpoli #onpoli

Interesting footnote from the PBO report on the National Housing Strategy. It turns out that Canada's measurements for "households removed from housing need" are basically bullshit #cdnpoli #onpoli

According to the PBO report, Trudeau's National Housing Strategy cuts funding for off-reserve community housing for Indigenous households by more than HALF #cdnpoli